Those who know me well know that I’ve never really been into Christmas, and rather I’ve always tried to get through December as fast as possible and attend lunchs, dinners and other events with all the enthusiasm that I was able to show.

It’s not that I don’t like Christmas. All the obligations created around it are what I don’t like. In fact, I don’t like obligations of any kind.

I don’t understand why we have to share our table with certain people whom we are not eager to see through the rest of the year just because it’s Christmas.

And what about pretending to be happy just because “it’s time to be happy”…? No! Happiness is not something you have to pretend, it’s something you have to look for and build every day.

Besides, precisely these days may be harder for some people, because we miss the ones who aren’t already here, or because we don’t get along well with the ones who are, and other times, for all I’ve already said, we just don’t feel like celebrating Christmas.

When you want to run away from all this, the best you can do is going somewhere, far away, where it’s not winter.

My favourite places for this are Miami and Morocco (but there are many other places where you can get away to spend a non-traditional Christmas).

If your budget is not enough to do this, I recommend you to keep busy.

The best thing you can do, if possible, is working (work extra hours, offer yourself to cover a coworker who wants to take a holiday, etc…)

If working is not possible, then offer yourself as a volunteer for anything that makes you feel useful (community kitchens, NGOs, etc…)

Once my anti-Christmas position is defended, I must confess that this year I feel an unusual Christmas spirit.

This year has been so good, almost spectacular.

I’m exultant, in a phase of expansion, creativity and wanting more, mucho more…

This euphoria that has accompanied me through 2013, makes me more eager for Christmas to come than ever.

My travel agenda can take no more, because otherwise I promise you I would take a plane to New York on December the 24th and would come back on January the 1st to spend Christmas and New Year’s Eve in one of the biggest Christmas sceneries in the world (even though I don’t like the cold I would happily do it).

But as it’s not going to be possible (at least this year…), I’ve decided that I’m going to spend my most home-loving Christmas week of the past 20 years!!